[newbie] Mandrake 702 - SB Live, SMC1211TX, S3Virge325 Not working - help please

2000-02-24 Thread Niel Kruger
Hi all I'm a newbie, saw the Light of Linux! I do have some problems though... I'm runnging a PII333, 128Mb Ram, 3*4.3 GB IDE HDD, _motherboard, S3 Virge DX 4MB pci, 3DFX Voodoo2 pci, Creative SB Live Value pci , SMC 1211TX Fast Ether pci NIC, a 1024x768 screen that works well in Win9x

[newbie] here's help...for all

2000-02-24 Thread Kit
Guess what...this is Kit...and I've had some many problems...since I had linux... starting with a MacMillian software release of 6.1 Mandrake...then trying to get a CD iso from a friend, to having another friend finally sending me the new 7.02. I installed or rather UPGRADED from the 6.1 to the 7

[newbie] kfm freeze

2000-02-24 Thread Rodrigo
I have Mandrake 7 with KDE and the kfm freeze when read to hard disk and freeze the mouse pointer. How i can solve this problem ? thank's -- Rodrigo ICQ 3019653 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Ess soundcard problem.

2000-02-24 Thread Sean Galland
I have a similar card, try looking at www.alsa-project.org and download the latest drivers from there. - Original Message - From: Lovister LJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 7:23 PM Subject: [newbie] Ess soundcard problem. > I have already tr

[newbie] multiple httpd..

2000-02-24 Thread vishal bansal
Hi all, Kindly reply at [EMAIL PROTECTED] After starting my linux box, after typing 'ps -aux' I see 12 instances of httpd daemon each consuming 3.6% of memory. I could kill them , but is there any permanent fix for this. Thanks, Vishal. _

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread Larry Varney
John Catral wrote: > What I meant was... where in the file "lilo.conf" do I put the > "append=224M"? Do I put it before the boot=/dev/hda... > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > etc... > > I know that we can't just put append=224M anywhere inside the file. Or can > I? > >

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread Tim King
On 24 Feb, Larry Varney wrote: > John Catral wrote: > >> What I meant was... where in the file "lilo.conf" do I put the >> "append=224M"? Do I put it before the boot=/dev/hda... >> >> boot=/dev/hda >> map=/boot/map >> install=/boot/boot.b >> etc... >> >> I know that we can't just put append=224M

[newbie] DrakConf

2000-02-24 Thread Jr.
Good Morning, My question though is simple but puzzles me the newbie. On my root Desktop, I do not have DraakConf's icon but this icon shows under my other two users' desktop but will not respond to any command. How do I put this icon on my desktop for root? My next question is how do I go

[newbie] rpms for mysql

2000-02-24 Thread vishal bansal
Hi folks, Kindly reply at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Presently I am using 3.20.32a18mdk version of mysql, but this one doesn't support GRANT command. Do you know of any other release that supports GRANT ? Thanks, -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free E

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread Larry Varney
John Catral wrote: > What I meant was... where in the file "lilo.conf" do I put the > "append=224M"? Do I put it before the boot=/dev/hda... > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > etc... > > I know that we can't just put append=224M anywhere inside the file. Or can > I? > >

Re: [newbie] Sound module

2000-02-24 Thread John Couturier
Try editing your /etc/conf.modules and deleting any line (or if you want to feel safer just put a # sign in front of) any line that says sound in it. -- Original Message -- From: "John Catral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 F

[newbie] Big Ugly Desktop Icons

2000-02-24 Thread Tim King
Anyone know how to make the Desktop Icons smaller? There is a setting in KControl/Desktop/Style, but it does not work. -- Tim King [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Ess soundcard problem.

2000-02-24 Thread Tim King
On 24 Feb, Lovister LJ wrote: > I have already tried sndconfig but it always hang at the sndconfig screen . > I did a modprobe but says error on mpu's parameter or something. Anybody > know how to solve this is? > By the way, my soundcard is ESS1868, running LM 6.1. Tried the soundcard Don't m

[newbie] Printer setup

2000-02-24 Thread Papa
Hi folks, I'm having problems getting a remote printer to work from my Linux Box. I can ping the Win98SE box both by IP Address and hostname. However, when I set those items up in printtool it does not even appear to access the hub to get to the Win98SE box. Here are some specifics: The Win98

[newbie] Apache setup

2000-02-24 Thread Scott Balmos
'evening all, Something doesn't seem to be working out right for me here... What I have is a need to run a test setup of name-based virtual hosts in Apache. I used to know how to do this in IIS, but Apache is just that much pickier. My computer, for all namesake, is located on the Internet at s

[newbie] Ess soundcard problem.

2000-02-24 Thread Lovister LJ
I have already tried sndconfig but it always hang at the sndconfig screen . I did a modprobe but says error on mpu's parameter or something. Anybody know how to solve this is? By the way, my soundcard is ESS1868, running LM 6.1. Tried the soundcard under Windoze, it works fine. Thanks in advan

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread John Catral
What I meant was... where in the file "lilo.conf" do I put the "append=224M"? Do I put it before the boot=/dev/hda... boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b etc... I know that we can't just put append=224M anywhere inside the file. Or can I? -John - Original Message - From:

RE: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash

2000-02-24 Thread Doug Hussey
Yes I am looking at there directions and they have it as ln /dev/sda4 /dev/zip without the extra space is this where I went wrong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Z

[newbie] Sound module

2000-02-24 Thread John Catral
Hi! I have the OSS opensound drivers but it wont install because the original sound module that was automatically loaded by Mandrake 7 is causing problems with my OSS install. How can I take the sound modules off?? John

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread G_REEPER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > where in lilo.conf? /etc/ - -- G_REEPER - "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger! Oops, Wrong one `Do it yourself.' That's it." L.Torvalds -BEGIN PGP SIG

[newbie] 6.1 -> 7.0: No Mouse!

2000-02-24 Thread Lane Lester
I just installed the Mandrake 7.0.2 I bought from Linux System Labs, and now I have no mouse in X. To explain further: I had no mouse during the install, because I have an unused PS/2 port (I use ttyS0), and both Corel Linux and Mandrake assume I'm using the PS/2. That part is OK, and I expect n

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread John Catral
where in lilo.conf? I know that you must put it in a specific place right? John - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(] > "John Catral" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [newbie] problems after install

2000-02-24 Thread Carl Kehley
Pat Mellema wrote: > I installed Mandrake 7 today and came up with a > problem when I try to run it it comes up to the > command line login screen and starts flashing off and > on about every second and the keyboard does not > respond. I have been able to login in mode 1 but I > have no idea w

RE: [newbie] unsubcribe

2000-02-24 Thread Tom Hendrix
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Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read

2000-02-24 Thread Tony
boot to the Dos prompt A:\ change to C:\ then change directory to Windows drectory and then type Win which should bring up Windows for you. - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 3:03 PM Subject: [newbie] Seve

[newbie] X-server crash

2000-02-24 Thread Jerome Koh
Hi, I'm using Mandrake 7.0 After attempting to install StarOffice 5.1 onto my system, I began having problems getting into X-server. I have tried setting my INIT level from 5 to 3, and then running startx from the console but this does not work and the following error messages comes up: ===

[newbie] problems after install

2000-02-24 Thread Pat Mellema
I installed Mandrake 7 today and came up with a problem when I try to run it it comes up to the command line login screen and starts flashing off and on about every second and the keyboard does not respond. I have been able to login in mode 1 but I have no idea where to look or what to look for.

Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read

2000-02-24 Thread Pat Mellema
Sam You need to copy fdisk.exe to the floppy from your windows\command directory. You are trying to run a program that is not in the listed path. After you have that program on the floppy run fdisk /mbr it should take care of the problem. Pat --- BrianGreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you ha

Re: [[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(]

2000-02-24 Thread Michael Scottaline
"John Catral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is Mandrake 7.0 reading my 224 megs of RAM as only 64Megs? I know > theres a line like append=224M that I need insert into a file. The proble > is that I forgot which file and where in the file do I insert it. Can > someone help? =)

Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read

2000-02-24 Thread BrianGreen
Do you have the PQmagic floppy? - Original Message - From: Sam Junge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 11:03 AM Subject: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read Here is my problem, please take the time to read it : I recently installed partition and

Re: [newbie] KDE resolution, Generic VGA

2000-02-24 Thread Audrey Beck
Rog wrote: > > So I got Mandrake 7.0 up and running, finally (after some Compaq > generated difficulties), but right now my screen resolution is > extremely low since I had to select Generic VGA for a vid card. I have > an integrated motherboard, an Intel 810, which uses an Intel 810 > Chipset Gr

Re: [newbie] Lothar..

2000-02-24 Thread Audrey Beck
Ger-Bil Jinn wrote: > > Same here, I just got the 7.0-2 CD and it still can't recognize my > NE2000 compatible NIC. > > <:3)~~ > > Kyle \"Orange\" Spahn wrote: > > > > Hey everyone, > > I haven't been able to get my NE2000 compatible network card to work in > > Lothar yet. I

Re: [newbie] Cannot get LILO to intialize Network Adapters

2000-02-24 Thread Audrey Beck
root wrote: > > Please help...I'm about ready to quit Linux and go back to Windows forever. > I cannot get either of my PCI network adapters to initialize. > > Lothar recognizes both of my adapters and lists them in the following > order: > > 3Com Fastnet 3C905B > Netgear FA310TX as DEC (Tulip)

Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread Tony
Get into Dos by using a windows boot disk, then run fdisk/mbr - Original Message - From: "Sam Junge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro > thanks for anwsering, but how do i get to dos ? when the

[newbie] Socks5 rpms in Cooker

2000-02-24 Thread G_REEPER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I need to setup socks5 support guys. I found the rpms in cooker to do this . I was wondering if i can use the rpms in 7.02 or are they going to need something other from the cooker distro? -- G_REEPER - ---

[newbie] 64 Meg Ram Problem =(

2000-02-24 Thread John Catral
Why is Mandrake 7.0 reading my 224 megs of RAM as only 64Megs? I know theres a line like append=224M that I need insert into a file. The proble is that I forgot which file and where in the file do I insert it. Can someone help? =) John ps I get this weird problem and I am not sure if

[newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read

2000-02-24 Thread Sam Junge
Here is my problem, please take the time to read it :         I recently installed partition and boot magic on my windows 98 computer in preparation to install mandrake Linux 7.0. I installed Linux, but felt I did not do a good enough job so i decided to delete the partition. When I got to

Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Samis your windows partition's status marked as active? If not windows cannot boot. Alan > Sam Junge wrote: > > I installed a Linux partition, then tried to delete it using > PartitionMagic's delete partition option in windows 98. When > the computer booted up, the delete partition dos pr

[newbie] unsubscribe

2000-02-24 Thread J Tyler
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Re: [newbie] YAMAHA Audio Chip Supported ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Samirtry the below URL: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3 Alan Samir Desai wrote: > > Is there any info. that has a list of sound cards/chips supported by > Mandrake Linux. I have a Yamaha onBoard chip although neither Lothar nor > the Install/upgrade wizard could identify the

Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread G_REEPER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In 7.x you can do it with drakconf On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, you wrote: > during the Install process I selected the appropriate video card monitor, > tested the resolution + color depth & applied the settings. Although, now I > would like to change th

Re: [[newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????]

2000-02-24 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Samir Desai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > during the Install process I selected the appropriate video card monitor, > tested the resolution + color depth & applied the settings. Although, now I > would like to change the resolution of my desktop without going through the > earlier process. >

Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread BrianGreen
You have to boot the machine with the Partition Magic diskette in the floppy drive. Then when you get the A:\ prompt, type "pqmagict.exe" and hit enter. - Original Message - From: Sam Junge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:09 AM Subject: R

[newbie] re: updates to 7.0

2000-02-24 Thread Steve Edmunds
Hi, I am seeing files getting wiped out on a FAT32 disk when booting between mandrake 7.0 and W98. I upgraded to the 1st image 7.0 from a purchased copy of 6.1, so I think after reading the update section at mandrake.com that I have the bug they mentionthere's no detail though so can't b

[newbie] KFM is all Funked Up

2000-02-24 Thread Adam Stark
Hi, I've been having some problems lately getting read/write permissions for regular users enabled on my DOS partitions. One of you told me that all you have to do is use kfm to navigate to the /mnt directory, look at the properties, and adjust the group permissions to "users".doing this wh

Re: [newbie] HELP!, 2.2.13 kernel compiling problems.

2000-02-24 Thread Ramiro Aceves, EA1ABZ
Hello Warren!! Nice to meet you. Thank you very much for information. Now my 486 boots ok!!! Many thanks again. Sorry for my bad english See you Bye, Warren Doney wrote: > > mv /lib/modules/2.2.13-xx /lib/modules/2.2.13-xx.bak > *before* you recompile the kernel. > If you don't, new kernel l

Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread BrianGreen
Try using the Partition Magic diskette.  Boot the system with this diskette, and from the A:\ type "pqmagict.exe".   This program does all the same things that the Windblows version does, but without the OS running.  You can remove the Linux partition, format it as a Ext2, resize, etc.    

[newbie] Real Player install.

2000-02-24 Thread Joerg Reinhardt
-- Joerg Reinhardt Döllbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well after trying my luck with tar.g.zip'ped Downloads from the Net (some work fine, others dont, as you can see from my other letters), I followed a tip and got some RPM's downloaded, fine thing, installation works

[newbie] Install: Services to Autostart?

2000-02-24 Thread Lane Lester
On my home machine's second Mandrake 6.1 install, I selected the Install Everything option. Unfortunately, this turned out not to be quite the thoughtless option I expected: the install asked me about a long list of cryptically (to me) named services, and I had to click those I wanted to start au

Re: [newbie] Zip drive/System Crash

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
ln /dev/sda4 /dev /zip The space between /dev and /zip is your typo right? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Doug Hussey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 24/02/2000 16:38:51 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie

RE: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
from dos type "fdisk /mbr" This will reset the wndows/dos partition > -Original Message- > From: Sam Junge [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] PartitionMagic erro > > I installed a Linux partition, then

[newbie] Drak X

2000-02-24 Thread Rick N
Just a quick question. Is there anyway to use Drak with other versions of the Mandrake Install? I'm using Mandrake 6.1.   It sounds like a nice utility.

Re: [newbie] SMB problems

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
Check for error messages in /var/log/messages. Anything there? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst Tom Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 24/02/2000 16:35:36 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject:

Re: [newbie] Mouse Update

2000-02-24 Thread FlipZ
how i need to know how to use drakx with no mouse. my ps/2 port is detected and it sacrews me up. thanks! FlipZ - Original Message - From: Paul Eppley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:44 PM Subject: [newbie] Mouse Update > I figure

[newbie] I have a Trident 8400 video card

2000-02-24 Thread f
where i can found the controller driver

Re: [newbie] Modem problem

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
Check for IRQ and DMA conflicts. Resolve them. You should find you modem works OK then (You might want to boot into windows and look at the modem properties in there - write down the DMA and IRQ settings and use them in Linux...) Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "FREMAIN ANDUJAR

Re: [newbie] cd-rom won't play music cd

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
Don't mount music disks! You can't mount them as they have no filesystem on them! Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "BrianGreen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 23/02/2000 22:33:39 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [ne

[newbie] Getting Packages Online

2000-02-24 Thread Lane Lester
I've been adding Linux distros on my system: Corel -> Debian -> Mandrake. Debian users are proud of their apt-get program that lets them fetch and install new goodies from both their CDs and the Internet. In Mandrake, it looks like kpackage provides this capability to some extent. If there is a

Re: [newbie] UNSUBSCRIBE

2000-02-24 Thread Kelly Brooks
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Re: [newbie] newest version of mandrake or redhat...

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
I think winmodem supportis due sometime in 2.3.40+ kernels. I may be wrong - something is ringing a bell in the back of my head *.tar.gz is a gzipped tape archive. Basically, just like a zip, arj, rar, lha, lzh, etc. file in Windows or other OS's First thing is to unpack them to somewher

RE: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
if you're using SuSE, you can use SaX >>> "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/24/00 10:14AM >>> Xconfigurator or XF86Setup > -Original Message- > From: Samir Desai [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbi

[newbie] Zip drive/System Crash

2000-02-24 Thread Doug Hussey
Hi I am new to linux. I have been running mandrake 7.0 for the last couple of weeks and the system has been running great. I decided to try and install my ext iomega (100 meg) zip drive. This is what I did, I logged in as root. I followed the instructions mandrake has on its web page. modprobe

[newbie] SMB problems

2000-02-24 Thread Tom Hicks
I have installed SMB and it works fine except one minor thing. When I boot the box the link light goes out after a few seconds. I have not been able to narrow it down to what kernel is loading at the time when it goes out but I think it about the same time my ET0 loads. Any Ideas running 6.0 Re

[newbie] PartitionMagic erro

2000-02-24 Thread Sam Junge
I installed a Linux partition, then tried to delete it using PartitionMagic's delete partition option in windows 98. When the computer booted up, the delete partition dos program came up, and i went through all the steps. The computer re-booted, and went to lilo again w/ linux stil as an opt

Re: [newbie] compiling details

2000-02-24 Thread Jackal
I hope I can help but I can only guess ... > -I did <./config, make> and with all of them, no problem with > the smaller programs, but the big ones have either, > - module dependencies, wich shouldn't be there cause the asked modules are > allready installed (MICO asked for Qt for inst

Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Aaron Zuercher
If you are using Mandrake 7.0 or 7.02 use DrakConfig. To do this double-click the DrakConf icon on the desktop. This will open up the DrakConf util menu. One of the menu items is Change X Resolution. This is a nice GUI that allows you to change color depth and resolution. It will require a re

Re: [newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
I was also thinking about "Yet Another Mailing List", where people could post nicely formated "questions & answers" found in the lists. This would help me a big deal to maintain such weekly/monthly posting (othervise I have to edit everything myself), and it COULD diminish the frequency of some

Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
XConfigurator Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Samir Desai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 24/02/2000 14:12:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ? during the Install pro

Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
It depends on the distro you're using. >>> "Samir Desai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/24/00 09:12AM >>> during the Install process I selected the appropriate video card monitor, tested the resolution + color depth & applied the settings. Although, now I would like to change the resolution of my des

Re: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Jackal
If you use Mandrake7 then you can use the DrakConf Utility ... if not then the best I can do for now is that you have to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and restart your X. Or use Xconfigurator or XF86Setup to do it for you. On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 06:12:07AM -0800, Samir Desai wrote: > during the

RE: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
Xconfigurator or XF86Setup > -Original Message- > From: Samir Desai [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ? > > during the Install process I selected the appropriate video c

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests.

2000-02-24 Thread Jackal
I am trying not to nit-pick but I was going through my mailbox and I noticed that one of the favorite subject line for unsubscribing to the list also happpens to be Subject: Please get me off the list Subject: HELP how do i get off this damn list ...etc ... Boy it is going to be difficult to fi

[newbie] compiling details

2000-02-24 Thread Joerg Reinhardt
-- Joerg Reinhardt Döllbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've tryed to install a few programs I loaded down the net. the small ones work, the bigger ones dont: -I did <./config, make> and with all of them, no problem with the smaller programs, but the big ones have e

[newbie] Root partitions

2000-02-24 Thread Manuel Tuthill
I've had a problem in such that I cant create a partition larger that 500MB does anyone have the answer. Oh the OS is mandrake 6.1 Warmest regards, Manuel Tuthill -Original Message- From: Rial Juan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February

[newbie] Fwd: MIDI is not working

2000-02-24 Thread Joerg Reinhardt
-- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Subject: MIDI is not working Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:12:23 + From: Joerg Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- --- Joerg Reinhardt

[newbie] Fwd: What is >ld.so.1

2000-02-24 Thread Joerg Reinhardt
-- Joerg Reinhardt Döllbachstraße 15 34127 Kassel Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] I tried to install an RPM and it said it is dependant to "ld.so.1". I've got that message from other RPM's to, when I tryed to install them. Is "id.so.1", some suspending program wich I just don't have, or is it pa

[newbie] Changing Desktop Resolution ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Samir Desai
during the Install process I selected the appropriate video card monitor, tested the resolution + color depth & applied the settings. Although, now I would like to change the resolution of my desktop without going through the earlier process. Is there a tool/utility that allows me to do this

[newbie] YAMAHA Audio Chip Supported ?????

2000-02-24 Thread Samir Desai
Is there any info. that has a list of sound cards/chips supported by Mandrake Linux. I have a Yamaha onBoard chip although neither Lothar nor the Install/upgrade wizard could identify the hardware. Would greatly appreciate any form of help on this one. I am a newbie with LINUX. Thank you. _

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests.

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
One answer which should kill /most/ of the unsub requests is a procmail filter at the server which catches requests with unsubscribe in the title, zaps the posting and sends back instructions (or even sends the correct unsubscribe request to sympa). Obviously, it won't kill ALL requests but it

[newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
Subject: Re: [[newbie] Mdk7.0-2 and Laptops - Installation Questions] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ Linux on laptops page. This page should list everything you need to know. >>> Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/24/00 07:52AM >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Se

Re: [newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS

2000-02-24 Thread Denis Havlik
:->This mail is sent out to the list every other day. You can use a filter to :->filter off this mail. Hi, Jackal The idea is generally not bad, since the situation has gone out of hand a bit, but i think every 2-nd day is too much. Also, it would not be really good if everyone would start run

RE: [newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
I downloaded the iso last night (mandrake 7.02) from one of the FTP sites lised on mandrakes site. The iso is only 656MB and fits on a cd no problem. >From what I saw 7.0 is the same size > -Original Message- > From: Steve McPherson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24,

Re: [[newbie] Mdk7.0-2 and Laptops - Installation Questions]

2000-02-24 Thread Michael Scottaline
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) wrote: > I'm contemplating installing Mdk7.0-2 on a Compaq 466MHz AMD Laptop. I've never installed Mandrake on a laptop before. For those > with such experience, is the level of difficulty similar to that of a desktop install? If not, what problem might one e

Re: [newbie] kde

2000-02-24 Thread Rial Juan
Easy. Make a file called .xinitrc in your homedir, with the line "kde" in it. Not sure if you need to leave a blank line after it (many config files do) but I do it just in case. It's also possible to start up xterms and stuff trough this file, so they open up on every X session. View the startx

[newbie] Modules strange behaviour

2000-02-24 Thread John Couturier
I am having many module problems. It started with my sound card. /var/log/messages says "au88xx: unable to register sndstat device". The sound card works, but "cat /dev/sndstat" returns nothing. It is a modular driver put out by the manufacturer. Any ideas on why it can't register sndstat

[newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
Subject: RE: [newbie] Boot problem Look at your BIOS. I don't *think* it should be set to LBA. I can't remember what the other choices are. I think maybe normal works. >>> "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/24/00 07:25AM >>> You are like trying to boot from a partition that is above th

[newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
Subject: RE: [newbie] Boot problem That means the second stage boot loader loaded, but couldn't run. I'm sure that doesn't mean much. If you're familiar with DOS, boot from a dos floppy and run fdisk /mbr. That will clean your master boot record. >>> "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02

Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests.

2000-02-24 Thread James Mellema
Jeanette Russo wrote: > > This has been suggested many times but MandrakeSoft has not taken action to > incorporate this feature. > Jeanette > snip I belong to a couple of other lists that use the 'unsubscribe' appended to the end of each message and still have people trying to unsubscribe inc

[newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
Subject: RE: [newbie] LAN Internet Connection Can you see other computers on your network? You can use linuxconf to help you out. Just type linuxconf at a console prompt. It's pretty simple to use, and should help you out. >>> "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/24/00 07:15AM >>> First o

[newbie] Concealed

2000-02-24 Thread Steve McPherson
Subject: ISO image size This is my first attempt at Mandrake. I've tried all the rest. I'm downloading an ISO image from one of the mirror sites. They claim the size of Mandrake 7.0 is 671+ megabytes. That won't fit on a CD. What do I do? This message originates from the law firm of Smit

Re: [newbie] Linux4Win

2000-02-24 Thread G_REEPER
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Ok, I got it installed (finally) without wiping out > windows. No sound...tried manual config but no luck, sound card type? Is it a card or onboard? I take it you mean u did the sndconfig at the command line. > Al

[newbie] kde

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
I installed mdk 7.02 last night. the install went smooth without a hitch really. I setup X during install and I choose o install the window managers such as kde, gnome, etc. Went asked if I wanted to boot directly in X mode I said no. When the system comes up, I type startx and it just

[newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS

2000-02-24 Thread Jackal
Please follow the accompanying instructions to unsubscribe from the Mandrake Mailing List. To unsubscribe send a mail to sympa\@linux-mandrake.com and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.p

Re: [newbie] Kernel msg : Ran out of Input data/Out of memory

2000-02-24 Thread Michael C
Hi, Solved this minor crises. I hadn't run lilo to reload my /etc/lilo.conf . Michael - Original Message - From: Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:42 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel msg : Ran out of Input data/Out of memory > Hi,

RE: [newbie] Boot problem

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
You are like trying to boot from a partition that is above the 1024 mark. Boot from your floppy (assuming you made one ) and run linuxconf to change the bootloader to hda MDP > -Original Message- > From: bryn jones [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 6:54 PM > T

RE: [newbie] Boot problem

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
> -Original Message- > From: bryn jones [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 6:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Boot problem > > I have just installed LINUX on a quite old TwinHead laptop (75MHz Pentium > 24 Mb memory) > > The installat

RE: [newbie] mp3 question

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
you can download free software to do it. do a search on the net for wav encoder or mp3 decoder etc. > -Original Message- > From: Joel West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 4:53 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [newbie] mp3 question > > How can

Re: [newbie] Linux won't recognize my 96 Mb of RAM...

2000-02-24 Thread steve . flynn
Ahhh - the thrashing will be down to the fact you are running with Linux under Windows. I can't be of much help here, as I don't use it myself, but I suspect there will be a command you can add to whatever program you use to start your system to define how much memory you have. Linux, by defau

RE: [newbie] LAN Internet Connection

2000-02-24 Thread Pittman, Merle
First of all check to make sure that your NIC card is working type "ifconfig" if you don't see an output of info about eth0 (only loopback 127.0.0.0) then your card is not working properly. Run "linuxconf" to get it working (note run this as root) once you are sure your card is working, try to

Re: [newbie] User account set up

2000-02-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
ElvisK(menu)/Panel/Add Application Alan Elvis Dieguez wrote: > > I recently got my modem to work in Linux! > > Unfortunately I am able to access my ISP only when logged on at 'root'. I > think the problem is that my user account does not have access to the > 'pap-secrets' file that I nee

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